[Info-vax] Connecting uVAX3100-95 or -96 to MSA30 via SCSI

[Hans Vlems]

On 30 mei, 10:12, Johnny Billquist <b... at softjar.se> wrote:
> On 2011-05-30 00.30, Hans Vlems wrote:
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> > On 26 mei, 14:56, CY<christ... at gmail.com>  wrote:
> >> Anyone seen this be done, did a preliminary test with an old 3100-40
> >> but it didnt find any from
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> >> Any hope on upgrading the KA420-ROM-PATCH, It seems to fix some boot
> >> problems on 3100-10 with +1G disks.
> >> Found a cable SCSI1-SCSI3 (or VHDCI) but what that was intended for in
> >> the first place - no one knows (remembers).
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> >> Golden egg only show BA Storage work cabinets.
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> >> Going to try a MSA30 if I find one.
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> >> Would like some new replacement for RZ26-VA thats been running a lot
> >> of years now but dont want to buy refurbished disks with 60 day
> >> warranty.
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> > Narrow SCSI disks (50 pin connector) are not easy to find, not even on
> > eBay.
> > Wouldn't it be possible to partition a drive with a>>  1 GB capacity
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> > 1 GB partition? Does VMS recognise the partition, and will it boot off
> > that partition?
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> What kind of partitioning? Something that is visible outside of the
> controller, then no. VMS does not recognize "partitions". However, if
> you have a controller that can present a physical disk as several
> virtual disks, partitioning it, then it will work just fine.
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> For VMS, a disk is a disk. No such things as "partitions".
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> That said, I have found that modern disks works fine with old
> controllers, as long as you get an adaptor to actually connect them. But
> finding a disk with less than 1Gb today is impossible, I'd guess.
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Johnny,  I know VMS itself doesn't use partitions and has
no way of knowing about them. I was looking for a solution like Bob
Eager offered,
modifying the disk in such a way it presents itself as a 1 GB disk.
Hans